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David once spent a week on He also flew ice patrol from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Onondaga_%28S73%29 HMCS OnondagaSummerside,_Prince_Edward_Island Summerside] writing <i>Life on a Canadian Submarine</i> for in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_%28magazine%29 Weekend MagazinePrince_Edward_Island Prince Edward Island]to [https://en. For the wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqaluit Iqaluit] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Star Montreal StarBaffin_Island Baffin Island] he was on board in an [http://www.navy-marine.forces.gcairliners.canet/enphoto/fleetNordair-units%28Environment-Canada/huronLockheed-history.page HMCS HuronL-188C%28IR%29-Electra/0070408/M/ Electra L-188] used for her Maker's Trials and experienced ice reconnaissance. During the same period he was a December blizzard off columnist for <i>Driving Magazine</i>, and volunteered as Chief Pit Marshal at [https://www.lecircuit.com/ Le Circuit Mt Tremblant] during the heyday of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticosti_Island Anticosti IslandCan-Am Can-Am racing], and after training in fighting gasoline and methanol fires at a BP oil refinery.
He also flew ice patrol from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerside,_Prince_Edward_Island Summerside] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island Prince Edward Island] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqaluit Iqaluit] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baffin_Island Baffin Island] in an [http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nordair-%28Environment-Canada/Lockheed-L-188C%28IR%29-Electra/0070408/M/ Electra L-188] used for ice reconnaissance. During the same period he was a columnist for <i>Driving Magazine</i>, and volunteered as chief pit marshal at [https://www.lecircuit.com/ Le Circuit Mt Tremblant] during the heyday of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am Can-Am racing]. In another life David raised [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereford_%28cattle%29 Polled Hereford cows] cow-calfs and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse Arabian horses].
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David's experience with online information systems began with [https://www.ieee.ca/millennium/telidon/telidon_about.html videotex systems] based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telidon Telidon]. He co-managed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telidon#Commercial_efforts international Telidon project for the Third General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council] in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baffin_Island Baffin Island].
David once spent a week on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Onondaga_%28S73%29 HMCS Onondaga] writing <i>Life on a Canadian Submarine</i> for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekend_%28magazine%29 Weekend Magazine]. For the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Star Montreal Star] he was on board [http://www.navy-marine.forces.gc.ca/en/fleet-units/huron-history.page HMCS Huron] for her Maker's Trials and experienced a midnight call to boat stations during a December blizzard off [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticosti_Island Anticosti Island].
[[File:Iqaluit_skyline.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Iqaluit in winter -- WikiPedia]]
David writes four very occasional blogs (infrequently!) and has published two technical books. He also makes an amazing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad Trinidad] hot sauce that has been called a gateway drug for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsaicin capsaicin] addiction;)
Download: [[Media:3-PointEstimate.xlsx|Free 3-point estimating tool (xlsx)]]
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